Taliesin; or, The bards and druids of Britain. A tr. of the remains of the earliest Welsh bards, and an examination of the bardic mysteries, by D.W. Nash, Page 511858 |
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... lands now held by the church , were once in the possession of the priests and philosophers of that community . " This ... land producing two crops in the year . There Latona was born , and on that account Apollo is honoured by them above ...
... lands now held by the church , were once in the possession of the priests and philosophers of that community . " This ... land producing two crops in the year . There Latona was born , and on that account Apollo is honoured by them above ...
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... land ; exemption from personal service in war ; permission to pass unmolested from one district to another in time of war as well as of peace ; support and maintenance wherever they went ; exemption from land - tax ; and a contribution ...
... land ; exemption from personal service in war ; permission to pass unmolested from one district to another in time of war as well as of peace ; support and maintenance wherever they went ; exemption from land - tax ; and a contribution ...
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... lands to the church , professedly by personages of the sixth century . The laws of Howel Dda , compiled in the tenth century ; the oldest MS . is of the date of the twelfth century . The oldest known manuscript containing the poetical ...
... lands to the church , professedly by personages of the sixth century . The laws of Howel Dda , compiled in the tenth century ; the oldest MS . is of the date of the twelfth century . The oldest known manuscript containing the poetical ...
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... land as now they do ; but that they be pro- hibited therefrom under pain and imprisonment for one year . " These minstrels were in fact recognised by the arrangements come to at the Congress of Bleddyn ab Cynvan , under the Welsh name ...
... land as now they do ; but that they be pro- hibited therefrom under pain and imprisonment for one year . " These minstrels were in fact recognised by the arrangements come to at the Congress of Bleddyn ab Cynvan , under the Welsh name ...
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... land ; but the waves breaking then in wild foam , he lost his hold on the shield , so that he had no alternative but ... lands in free tenure . ' The terms were accepted ; and for several suc- cessive years , he spent his time between ...
... land ; but the waves breaking then in wild foam , he lost his hold on the shield , so that he had no alternative but ... lands in free tenure . ' The terms were accepted ; and for several suc- cessive years , he spent his time between ...
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